Bloomberg Vault Adds AI Surveillance Models for Insider Dealing and Personal Trading
Bloomberg has expanded its Vault communications surveillance platform with AI policies for insider dealing and personal trading. The launch follows the integration of BSpeech, which converts recorded calls in more than 50 languages into searchable transcripts. The products extend Vault’s coverage across voice, email and chat. They also address the pressure that rising communications volumes...
Date: 7th October 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Institutional activity in private markets has surged as organisations’ traditional investment theses have been upended by global economic volatility, geopolitical instability and fee compression. In their search for better risk-adjusted returns, they have found a rich seam of alpha…
Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material…
Bloomberg has expanded its Vault communications surveillance platform with AI policies for insider dealing and personal trading. The launch follows the integration of BSpeech, which converts recorded calls in more than 50 languages into searchable transcripts. The products extend Vault’s coverage across voice, email and chat. They also address the pressure that rising communications volumes...
Alternative data has spent much of the past decade moving from the margins of investment research towards the mainstream. Now, artificial intelligence is accelerating that process, making datasets easier to discover, evaluate, process and combine while allowing investment teams to tackle sources that would previously have required considerable engineering resources. But that creates a new...
OSTTRA, the global post-trade network, has expanded its triResolve portfolio reconciliation service with a new prediction model designed to identify one of the most persistent causes of margin disputes in the FX market: counterparties valuing the same trade using market rates captured at different times. The FX Snap Time Prediction Model uses historical trade valuation...
Final preparations are being made for A-Team Group’s 16th annual Data Management Summit NYC, which will bring leaders and experts from around the world to take a deep dive into the drivers, themes and trends that are shaping the data industry for financial institutions. Over a full day of keynote addresses and expert panel discussions,...
Equities markets are becoming more fragmented, interconnected and continuously available. Liquidity is spreading across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending, and firms are processing more market data and supporting increasingly complex execution workflows. These changes are placing new demands on trading infrastructure. Many traditional platforms continue to deliver excellent latency and throughput, but were...
Banks are under intense pressure from a variety of quickly evolving trends. Clients want more from them; market volatility is challenging their trading strategies; and regulator scrutiny is deepening. In response, regional banks and large banking organizations (LBOs) are offering more products to clients and promising ever-more automated access to a greater array of asset...
Fixed income markets are undergoing a fundamental structural shift, transforming how institutions price risk, govern data and make decisions at scale. The convergence of cloud-based delivery, AI-enabled analytics, expanding private credit markets and heightened regulatory scrutiny, is redefining what ‘confidence’ means in fixed income workflows. Access to third-party pricing and valuations alone is no longer...
VoxSmart has launched VX1, a communications compliance platform that brings mobile capture, surveillance, investigations, archiving, alert detection and voice transcription into a single interface. The platform is designed for investment banks, hedge funds and asset managers monitoring communications across voice, mobile and digital channels. The announcement cites WhatsApp and Bloomberg chat among the sources contributing…
Shield has made its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server generally available, allowing authorised compliance teams to query live surveillance alerts through supported enterprise AI tools. Claude is the first supported AI environment, with further integrations planned. The server provides a permissioned, read-only route between an AI interface and Shield Surveillance. Shield remains the system of…
The Bank of Canada has selected CanDeal Data & Analytics (DNA) to provide Canadian dollar-denominated fixed income pricing under a multi-year agreement. The central bank will use CanDeal DNA Reference Pricing across operational activities, market analysis, research, policy development and risk management. The agreement also allows Government of Canada benchmark bond yields derived from CanDeal…
IEX has launched a vendor partnership programme offering revenue-sharing incentives to firms that help distribute its direct US equities market data. Under the programme, participating market data, connectivity, infrastructure and application providers will be eligible for incentives linked to qualifying new client subscriptions to IEX data products. Eligible feeds include IEX TOPS, IEX DEEP and…
Fenergo has been selected by investment manager Ninety One to supply its client lifecycle management and financial crime operations platform as part of a digital transformation programme. The unified platform will merge Know Your Customer procedures, due diligence, transaction monitoring and automation across South Africa, the UK, and Luxembourg. The decision forms part of Ninety…
Creand Wealth & Securities, the Luxembourg-based asset servicing and wealth management banking arm of Creand Group, has chosen NeoXam GP4 as its fund accounting platform for private assets. The agreement sees Creand Wealth & Securities replace its existing system to consolidate the administration of both traditional and alternative funds onto a single platform. The decision…
EMudhra, a global provider of digital identity, authentication, and trust services, has been appointed as a Validation Agent of Legal Entity Identifier India Limited (LEIL) in the Global Legal Entity Identifier System by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). The partnership will enable eMudhra to embed Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) application and renewal services…
State Street has launched PriceStats Superset, a global dataset providing daily, item-level pricing data designed to give investors, policymakers and researchers earlier insight into the forces driving inflation. The dataset builds on State Street PriceStats, its high-frequency inflation measurement service, by providing access to the underlying item-level data used to construct its indices. Covering 27…
Tokenovate has executed and settled an intraday repo transaction on the Canton Network using the FINOS Common Domain Model (CDM), with the cash leg settled in Circle-issued USDC expressed as USDCx Reserve on Canton. The transaction used CDM-native event and state management across the full repo lifecycle, covering trade representation, lifecycle processing, collateral movements and…
S&P Global has led a strategic investment in digital asset data provider Kaiko, extending the company’s Series B funding to $110 million as it expands its data infrastructure for tokenised markets. The round also includes BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Foundation, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada, Stellar and Susquehanna…
smartTrade Technologies has launched smartTrade Flow, a multi-asset post-trade platform covering processes from matching and reconciliation through to settlement, accounting, regulatory reporting and audit. The standalone platform connects to existing trading systems through APIs and integrates natively with smartTrade’s LiquidityFX and Commercial Banking & Payments products. It supports FX, precious metals, money markets, fixed income,…
LDA Technologies has launched two configurable hardware platforms designed to help capital markets firms scale low-latency connectivity and compute capacity while reducing infrastructure footprint. OmniX combines FPGA-powered networking, Layer 1 connectivity and hot-pluggable storage within a 1RU platform, allowing firms to tap, timestamp and record data within a single device. Configurations can incorporate LDA’s Maze…
A major corporate restructuring at Consensys Software, leading to the spin out of its consumer-focused MataMask wallet business, has also established a distinct entity (still called ConsenSys) focused entirely on institutional infrastructure based on the Linea zkEVM Layer 2 network. Linea’s design features full Ethereum equivalence, allowing smart contracts, decentralised applications, and existing enterprise tools built for…
Blockchain financial infrastructure provider tZERO Group has announced a new funding round led by prominent investors Marc and Max Cohodes and including participation from existing investors Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and Bill Fleckenstein, alongside support from its partner Dinari and other contributors. Additionally, Neighborhood Intelligence has committed to funding its portion of the financing once tZERO announces…
Parameta Solutions and Zema Global have expanded their partnership to provide Zema customers with access to Parameta’s OTC energy and commodities market data through Zema’s Decisioning Infrastructure. The agreement will make Parameta’s end-of-day indicative pricing available across global markets including oil, natural gas and LNG, power, coal, environmental markets and metals. The broker-sourced data is…
Arcesium has appointed Brian Rosenberg as President, Revenue and Commercial to oversee client development, partner development and go-to-market strategy. Rosenberg previously worked at Wilshire Indexes as President and Chief Revenue Officer, and held positions at Qontigo, FTSE Russell, LSEG, SunGard, MSCI and RiskMetrics Group over 20 years. The role involves reporting to Chief Executive Gaurav…
Gresham Technologies has named Davit Harutyunyan as Chief Product & AI Officer to lead product strategy, management, innovation and AI. Harutyunyan previously worked as Head of Product, Platform & Innovation at Allvue Systems and held leadership roles at Fidessa and CQG during two decades in capital markets technology. Gresham chief executive Spiros Giannaros said that…
Rimes has appointed Amir Mirza as Chief Financial Officer to oversee growth strategy, capital allocation and operational performance at the data management and investment intelligence solutions provider. Mirza joins Rimes with more than 25 years of technology experience after previously working at Loadsmart and Datalot as CFO and spending almost two decades in investment banking…
Trading Technologies (TT) has appointed Katie Price as EVP, Global Head of Data, Analytics and Compliance, bringing its previously separate data and analytics and compliance businesses under a single leadership structure. The combined business includes TT TCA and TT Trade Surveillance, reflecting what the company sees as growing convergence between data-driven analytics, regulatory reporting, oversight…
Hexaware Technologies has appointed Vivek Jetley as CEO Designate to assume the CEO role at the IT services company on October 28. Jetley worked at EXL for 20 years, serving as partner at Inductis before its 2006 acquisition and holding leadership roles including president of analytics, insurance, healthcare and life sciences businesses. Jetley replaces outgoing…
SimCorp has named Gareth Morris as Head of Portfolio Management and Trading, charged with leading development of the company’s SimCorp One’s portfolio management and trading capabilities. Morris, who previously worked on BlackRock’s Aladdin business for 16 years, will be joined by Kate Ryan, who was appointed Head of Product Design to drive the design system…
Ondo Finance has appointed global financial regulation veteran Allison Parent as its new Chief Policy Officer. Parent brings nearly a decade of experience as the executive director of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), alongside prior high-profile roles including global policy lead at Barclays, senior policy adviser at the Bank of England, and general counsel…
Kaizen has appointed Sam North as chief product officer (CPO) to lead the regulatory reporting assurance specialist’s product strategy and roadmap. North joins Kaizen after more than 15 years at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), where he most recently served as executive director, product management. His experience covers regulatory reporting, post-trade services, product…
73 Strings, a provider of artificial intelligence software for private capital valuation, has appointed former Barclays leader Eamon O’Dwyer as president to oversee execution and operational capabilities. O’Dwyer previously spent more than 10 years at Barclays in roles spanning digital strategy, product development, sales, partnerships and innovation. He later co-led several financial technology companies. Based…
Consulting firm Accenture has recruited Bob Zeglarski as Principal Director – Digital Assets. He was most recently Associate General Counsel and Executive Director for Digital Assets at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC). In his new role, Zeglarski will help to guide institutions “through complex regulatory landscapes while designing and implementing scalable, future-proof digital…
Blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks has appointed former Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Elad Roisman as its new Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer and General Counsel, Regulatory. In this Washington, D.C.-based role, Roisman will oversee the company’s global regulatory strategy and lead policy engagement with lawmakers. His appointment comes as Fireblocks expands its services past…
Global law firm Clifford Chance has expanded its US digital assets and private capital team with the appointment of Jason Rozovsky as counsel to its Funds & Asset Management group in New York. Rozovsky brings more than a decade of experience in the enterprise blockchain and digital assets sectors, where he has provided strategic transactional,…
Digital asset platform provider Coinbase has a new CTO in Rob Witoff, a veteran technology builder who originally joined the company in 2014 and then rejoined in 2024. Witoff says that in 2009 he got “hooked on Bitcoin empowering builders with programmable money” and that as CTO his goal is to make Coinbase “the best…
BMLL, the provider of harmonised historical Level 3, 2, and 1 market data and analytics, has appointed Brad Hunt as Chairman of the Board. Hunt succeeds Lee Hodgkinson, who will remain on the board as an independent Non-Executive Director (NED). Hunt brings 30 years of experience in financial data businesses, having most recently served as…
Anti-financial crime technology provider Hawk, has appointed Eli Chamoun as President and Chief Revenue Officer to lead its revenue strategy as it seeks to expand adoption of its artificial intelligence technology among banks and payment companies. Chamoun will oversee Hawk’s global revenue strategy and operations, develop its go-to-market team and deepen relationships with banks, payment…
Building on our expansion into the alternative data market, A-Team Group is proud to be launching a new awards program. These awards will recognize and celebrate the industry’s most innovative providers and services, spotlighting excellence in this rapidly evolving space.
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the Data Management Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards celebrate the leading vendor solutions and companies that deliver high-value, innovative data management capabilities to financial institutions in capital markets across North America.
Voting is now closed for the 2nd Annual AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026. These awards have been designed to recognise exceptional AI applications advancing innovation in capital markets.
